Person

MacDonald, Alexander Cameron (1828 - 1917)

Born
9 August 1828
Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
Died
18 June 1917
Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Surveyor

Summary

Alexander MacDonald settled in Geelong, Victoria in 1850 and was the local agent for the Provident Institute of Victoria. He was a prominent member of the Geelong and Western District Agricultural and Horticultural Society and the Geographical Society of Australasia.

Details

Chronology

1888 -
Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1893
Career position - President, Section E (Geography), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science

Related Corporate Bodies

Archival resources

Royal Historical Society of Victoria Inc

  • Alexander Cameron MacDonald - Records, 1855 - 1923; Royal Historical Society of Victoria Inc. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • MacDonald, Colin, 'Macdonald, Alexander Cameron (1828-1917), accountant, surveyor and geographer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 144-145. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050166b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Macdonald, A, C., 'Some account of past explorations in New Guinea, and the work undertaken by the Geographical Society of Australasia to explore the great island', Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, Victorian Branch, 3 (1892), 81-8. Details

Resources

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